ERROR ANALYSIS OF WRITING RECOUNT TEXT BY THE

SECOND YEAR STUDENTS OF SMP MUHAMMADIYAH 8

BATU

THESIS

by:

Siswahyudi

201210100311010

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT

FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH 8 MALANG

2016/2017

ERROR ANALYSIS OF WRITING RECOUNT TEXT BY THE

SECOND YEAR STUDENTS OF SMP MUHAMMADIYAH 8

BATU

THESIS

This thesis is submitted to meet one of the requirements to achieve

Sarjana Degree in English Education

by:

Siswahyudi

201210100311010

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT

FACULTY OF TEACHER TRAINING AND EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF MUHAMMADIYAH 8 MALANG

2016/2017

MOTTO Ilmu membutuhkan amal, amal membutuhkan ikhlas,

maka ikhlas mendatangkan keridho’an .

(Al Habib Abdullah Bin Mukhsin Al-Attas)

An investment in knowledge pays the best interest (Benjamin Franklin)

DEDICATION I dedicated this thesis to:

My most beloved father and mother My wonderful brothers My dearest aunty All of my friends

Letter of Authenticity

The undersigned below:

Name : Siswahyudi

NIM : 201210100311010

Department : English Department

Faculty : Faculty of Teacher Teaching and Education

I hereby declare that in this thesis or paper that have been proposed to receive a

bachelor degree, and there is no ideas or notions written or published by another person,

unless what has been written in this thesis and mentioned in the references.

Malang, 29 October 2016

Materai

Siswahyudi

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Alhamdulillahi robbil alamin, all praise to Allah SWT, the Almighty,

Beneficent, and Merciful for giving the writer of this thesis health and power to finish

the thesis as one of the requirements to achieve Sarjana Degree in English Department.

Next, peace and blessing to our Prophet Muhammad SAW who brings us out of the

darkness.

The writer’s gratefulness goes to her beloved family: father (Purwadi), mother

(alm. Asnawati), older brothers (Agus Sugeng Dwi Yono and Eka Purnawan) and aunty

(Anis) who always support the writer with their prayers, encouragements, loves, and

attentions so the writer could finish this thesis.

The writer would like to express her deepest gratitude to his first advisor

Rahmawati Khadijah Maro, S.Pd., M.P.Ed. and his second advisor Erlyna Abidasari,

S.Pd., MA., M.Ed. for their suggestions, invaluable guidance and advices during the

consultation period, and the comments and correction during the completion of this

thesis.

My sincere thanks also offered to Vinda Zain, S. Pd. and the students of VIII-6

class of SMP Muhammadiyah 8 Batu in academic years 2012/2013 for the helping

during the research and for their cooperation in being the subject of this study.

Finally, the writer thanks to his close friends (Adi, Dimas, Donny, Fathon, Tia,

Mahsa, Apri, Muti, Odi, Zay, Tedi, Uni, Viona, Makki, mas Ayip and Fadhillah

Almira), all of his friends in class A 2012, Language Centre (LC) UMM and

GITASURYA UMM for sharing, laughing, and having beautiful moments with him.

The writer,

Siswahyudi

TABLE OF CONTENTS

LEGALIZATION ................................................................................................ i

MOTTO AND DEDICATION ........................................................................... iii

LETTER OF AUTHENTICITY ........................................................................ iv

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ................................................................................ v

TABLE OF CONTENTS ..................................................................................... vi

LIST OF TABLES .............................................................................................. viii

CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION

1.1. Background of the Study ........................................................................... 1

1.2. Statement of Problems ............................................................................... 2

1.3. Purposes of the Study ................................................................................ 3

1.4. Significance of the Study .......................................................................... 3

1.5. Scope and Limitation ................................................................................ 4

1.6. Definition Key of Term ............................................................................. 4

CHAPTER II REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

2.1. Mistakes and Error ..................................................................................... 5

2.2. Types of Errors .......................................................................................... 6

2.2.1. Linguistic Category ......................................................................... 7

2.2.2. Surface Strategy ............................................................................... 7

2.2.2.1. Omission ............................................................................. 8

2.2.2.2. Addition .............................................................................. 8

2.2.2.3. Misformation ....................................................................... 9

2.2.2.4. Misordering ......................................................................... 10

2.2.3. Comparative Analysis ...................................................................... 10

2.2.4. Communicative Effect ..................................................................... 11

2.3. Error Analysis ............................................................................................ 12

2.4. Writing ....................................................................................................... 13

2.4.1. Recount Text .................................................................................... 14

CHAPTER III RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

3.1. Research Method ........................................................................................ 16

3.2. Research Subject ........................................................................................ 16

3.3. Research Instruments ................................................................................. 17

3.3.1. Document Analysis .......................................................................... 17

3.3.2. Interview Guide ................................................................................ 17

3.4. Data Collection ........................................................................................... 18

3.5. Data Analysis ............................................................................................. 19

CHAPTER IV RESEARCH FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION

4.1. Findings ...................................................................................................... 22

4.1.1. Types of Errors ................................................................................. 22

4.1.1.1. Omission Error .................................................................... 24

4.1.1.2. Addition Error ..................................................................... 25

4.1.1.3 Misformation Error .............................................................. 25

4.1.1.4 Misordering Error ................................................................ 26

4.1.2. Interview Result of Error Frequency ................................................ 26

4.1.3. Frequency of Errors .......................................................................... 27

4.1.3.1. Omission Errors .................................................................. 27

4.1.3.2. Addition Errors .................................................................... 28

4.1.3.3. Misformation Errors ............................................................ 28

4.1.3.4. Misordering Errors .............................................................. 28

4.2. Discussion .................................................................................................. 29

CHAPTER V CONCLUSIONS AND SUGGESTIONS

5.1. Conclusion ................................................................................................. 31

5.2. Suggestion .................................................................................................. 32

BIBLIOGRAPHY ............................................................................................... 33

APPENDIXES ..................................................................................................... 35

APPENDIX I STUDENTS’ WRITING

APPENDIX II INTERVIEW QUESTION

APPENDIX III INTERVIEW RESULT

LIST OF TABLES

TABLE 2-1: The Example of Linguistic Category ............................................... 7

TABLE 2-2: The Example of Regulation Error .................................................... 8

TABLE 2-3: The Example of Comparative Analysis Error .................................. 10

TABLE 2-4: The Example of Recount Text ......................................................... 14

TABLE 3-1: The Number of Errors in Students’ Writing Recount ....................... Text

17

TABLE 4-1: The Number of Errors in Students’ Writing Recount ....................... Text

22

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